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Uttar Pradesh is one of the states in India where tremendous water development has taken place after independence for extension of irrigation facilities and fulfilling other requirements. At present state boasts to have about 87 % irrigated area while the national average is only about 49 %.In its endeavor for water development to meet the growing demand of the growing population, the state somewhere ignored the management aspects of water development. The book discusses in detail the surface and groundwater availability and their development in the state, irrigation facilities, and effect on productivity due to extension of irrigation facilities, present and future availability of water, future needs, the status of water management interventions, present challenges such as declining rainfall, underutilization of irrigation potential, water scarcity, water quality, water laws, and governance, water efficiencies, etc. and future interventions to manage water crises and fulfill future demands, etc.